MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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